front passenger side hub replacement and other problems

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silkk
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Joined: Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:49 pm
Car: 94 B13
89 S13
07 S2000

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this is for a 89 coupe. when i'm driving it, the front passenger side hub starts rattling like it's moving around. how much would it cost to replace it and is it hard to do it myself?

the rpm and mph cluster doesn't work, could it be the wiring?

the engine light is always on but someone said its because i took off the negative cord on the battery and when i put it back on, it resets the ecu so i have to drive it for a while to turn it off.

any kind of help would be nice. thanks in advance.


180fan
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Joined: Sat Dec 14, 2002 12:16 pm
Car: 89 fastback

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#1. The hub's not too bad to do. When the previous owner's mechanics cross threaded my wheel stud, the stud stripped the inside of the hub. The hub was like 120 and the bearing was another 60 oem, although I got those from a friend. You first gotta pop the cap off, you'll see it when you take off the center cap thing. Once that's off, you'll see a cotter pin, some metal thing behind the nut and the nut. Pull the cotter pin, and go at the nut. Helps to have a friend push on the brakes at this point. Start up your car so you don't have a pressurized brake system and turn it right off. You can take off the calipers and rotors without much of a problem now. Your hub will come right out. If you're going to change your hub, might as well change your bearing. You'll need a machinst to press in a new one in there. Remember to take out the snap ring from your old set to put in the new set.

If your tach and speedo aren't working, you can check the harness the white one near the ecu or the other harnesses behind the dash. I think there's one or two more sections behind the dash. Also you might want to check the connection to the transmission. If it ain't those, then it's probably your cluster. Is it a HUD by any chance?

If your engine light is on, find out what it is. There are plenty of write ups on how to check for the engine codes then post which one came up.

silkk
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Joined: Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:49 pm
Car: 94 B13
89 S13
07 S2000

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it's just a regular non-hud. thanks, i'll check it out


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